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 Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in Louisiana during the 1960’s and 1970’s, both as a patriot and also with some racism and prejudice added. We had a close family and dad made sure we went on vacations every year. I joined the military in 1984 and was thus propelled around the world two or three times during the course of my career. Panama in 1989, Germany in 1990, Bosnia in 1997, Korea in 1999, Egypt in 2002, and Iraq in 2004. Working as a cook, I worked with people from many ethnicities and I learned that judging others based on external attributes is not a healthy mentality. I also acquired a keen sense of our Constitution and Bill of Rights while deployed, where sacrificing my life for freedom and liberty became a real thing. I have written two books so far, “On the Trail of a Human Being, A Call for Racial Healing,” is named after a part of the book and movie, “Dances With Wolves.” In one part, Kicking Bird speaks to Dances With Wolves and pays him a very meaningful compliment. He told him I have observed you and I believe you are on a trail which many are not able to follow, “The Trail of a True Human Being.” I believe we are all human and we all possess innate dignity and potential. My second book is “The Day Patriotism Was HiJacked, ReThinking 9/11.” I will describe it below.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Day Patriotism Was HiJacked, ReThinking 9/11” was inspired by my sense of patriotism and duty to our country and Constitution, after having believed the official narrative of events that day for 14 years, one day in late 2015, I happened upon a YouTube Documentary entitled “Anatomy of a Great Deception.” Something or SomeOne spoke to me and said I needed to watch it, so I clicked on it. Within 10 minutes of watching, I knew we had been lied to regarding the events of that day. Subsequently, having become a “9/11 Truther,” feeling the need to spread the word about that day, among other things I have engaged in, this book is another expression of my love for this country, my fellow man, and for the truth.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Investigative Journalist and Author Christopher Bollyn has written two or three books regarding 9/11. “Solving 9/11, The Deception That Changed the World” is a great synopsis about how fraudulent this “war on terror” really is and the way that fateful day has affected our country and our world…and not for the better…he says, “The Truth About 9/11 Stops the War on Terror. “Inhuman Bondage, The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World” by David Bryon Davis gives an in-depth picture of what slavery was really like. Another one is “The Slave Ship, A Human History” by Marcus Rediker is a heart-wrenching, very well sourced book about the Middle Passage and the horrors that Africans went through just being transported to their new “hell on earth” here in the west.
What are you working on now?
So far I have not received any inspiration for another work, but I am thinking along those lines.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B06XXRQ827
Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you feel an urge to write about any topic, chances are, the book is already within you and it just needs to be expressed. Don’t worry about whether or not you can do it, there are many resources available nowadays such as Kindle Direct Publishing through Amazon. Bibliographies and sources are also simplified with sites like “EasyBib.” The best advice I can give you is dive into it and get started!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“It’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.” Also, my dad used to say, “All sickness is not death,” and “We may complain if we don’t have shoes, until we see the person without any feet.”
What are you reading now?
“Affiliate Marketing” by Noah Gray and Michael Fox.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Promoting my two books as often as I can afford and hoping they take off!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The ones listed above….
Author Websites and Profiles
Doyle Ashcraft Website
Doyle Ashcraft Amazon Profile
Doyle Ashcraft’s Social Media Links
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 Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I grew up in Louisiana during the 1960’s and 1970’s, both as a patriot and also with some racism and prejudice added. We had a close family and dad made sure we went on vacations every year. I joined the military in 1984 and was thus propelled around the world two or three times during the course of my career. Panama in 1989, Germany in 1990, Bosnia in 1997, Korea in 1999, Egypt in 2002, and Iraq in 2004. Working as a cook, I worked with people from many ethnicities and I learned that judging others based on external attributes is not a healthy mentality. I also acquired a keen sense of our Constitution and Bill of Rights while deployed, where sacrificing my life for freedom and liberty became a real thing. I have written two books so far, “On the Trail of a Human Being, A Call for Racial Healing,” is named after a part of the book and movie, “Dances With Wolves.” In one part, Kicking Bird speaks to Dances With Wolves and pays him a very meaningful compliment. He told him I have observed you and I believe you are on a trail which many are not able to follow, “The Trail of a True Human Being.” I believe we are all human and we all possess innate dignity and potential. My second book is “The Day Patriotism Was HiJacked, ReThinking 9/11.” I will describe it below.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“The Day Patriotism Was HiJacked, ReThinking 9/11” was inspired by my sense of patriotism and duty to our country and Constitution, after having believed the official narrative of events that day for 14 years, one day in late 2015, I happened upon a YouTube Documentary entitled “Anatomy of a Great Deception.” Something or SomeOne spoke to me and said I needed to watch it, so I clicked on it. Within 10 minutes of watching, I knew we had been lied to regarding the events of that day. Subsequently, having become a “9/11 Truther,” feeling the need to spread the word about that day, among other things I have engaged in, this book is another expression of my love for this country, my fellow man, and for the truth.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not that I know of.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Investigative Journalist and Author Christopher Bollyn has written two or three books regarding 9/11. “Solving 9/11, The Deception That Changed the World” is a great synopsis about how fraudulent this “war on terror” really is and the way that fateful day has affected our country and our world…and not for the better…he says, “The Truth About 9/11 Stops the War on Terror. “Inhuman Bondage, The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World” by David Bryon Davis gives an in-depth picture of what slavery was really like. Another one is “The Slave Ship, A Human History” by Marcus Rediker is a heart-wrenching, very well sourced book about the Middle Passage and the horrors that Africans went through just being transported to their new “hell on earth” here in the west.
What are you working on now?
So far I have not received any inspiration for another work, but I am thinking along those lines.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B06XXRQ827
Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you feel an urge to write about any topic, chances are, the book is already within you and it just needs to be expressed. Don’t worry about whether or not you can do it, there are many resources available nowadays such as Kindle Direct Publishing through Amazon. Bibliographies and sources are also simplified with sites like “EasyBib.” The best advice I can give you is dive into it and get started!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“It’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.” Also, my dad used to say, “All sickness is not death,” and “We may complain if we don’t have shoes, until we see the person without any feet.”
What are you reading now?
“Affiliate Marketing” by Noah Gray and Michael Fox.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Promoting my two books as often as I can afford and hoping they take off!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The ones listed above….
Author Websites and Profiles
Doyle Ashcraft Website
Doyle Ashcraft Amazon Profile
Doyle Ashcraft’s Social Media Links
Facebook Profile
Twitter Account
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I have been teaching for over ten years. I have taught middle school, but, have spent most of my professional career teaching at the high school level. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a Bachelor of Science in Science Education from Boston University, as well as, a Masters Degree in Public Health. I am a licensed Massachusetts educator who has a passion for teaching and educating new teachers on the ins and outs of the profession. In writing the “The ABC’s of Teaching,” I tried to offer other teachers insight based on my own experiences in the field of education. I included a variety of relevant topics that I thought might be helpful to new and veteran teachers, alike.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The ABC’s of Teaching Teenagers
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually have chapters written in my head, in a scattered manner, then I put down a flow of information from those thoughts and finally go back and put it all together before having my husband look it over and finally editing it prior to sharing it.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Other teachers have influenced me over specific authors, per se.
What are you working on now?
A sequel that is like a cookbook for science teachers that can be used in an integrated and dynamic fashion to produce daily lessons.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I do not have one specific method, though, Amazon makes publishing and promoting very easy. It is streamlined and that makes it easy to use on many levels.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Take it one day at a time. It will all eventually come together.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
YOU create your own reality. Do not let negative feedback get you down. See the positive in it. Grow from it.
What are you reading now?
The Happiness Hypothesis…I highly recommend it!
What’s next for you as a writer?
A sequel that is dynamic and serves as almost a cookbook for science educators. You can utilize different parts to build daily lessons and routines in the classroom.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1984, Night, The Happiness Hypothesis, & How to Win Friends & Influence People.
Author Websites and Profiles
Jennifer Bisch Website
Jennifer Bisch Amazon Profile
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello. I don’t know if there’s that much to tell when it comes to writing about myself. I grew up in Carmel, New York and my family moved to Tennessee back in 1993 and I’ve lived here ever since. I’ve always loved to read which eventually led to writing novels and novellas.
I’m not completely sure how many novellas I’ve written. Last time I checked it was about ninety – eight. I believe I have seven novels out and a handful of short stories published in various anthologies.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Alone In The Dark. This novella was inspired by a true life mystery where a group of nine campers went missing in Russia during a heavy snowstorm. Later, authorities found their bodies torn apart in a strange manner and separated from each other. A film roll was discovered on the campsite and when it was developed there was one picture of a large dark figure which looked like a Bigfoot staring at the group. I took this concept and developed my horror novella.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write everything in a notebooks and then I type up what I write. I like have extra copies and writing this way ensures that I’m going over the text three or four times before publishing. Writing in a notebook allows for more ideas to flow and I can take it anywhere and don’t have to plug it up like a computer.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
There’s so many of them. Whitley Strieber, Brian Keene, Richard Laymon, Byran Smith, David Gemmell, Laura and Tracy Hickman, Peter Benchley, Steven King, Richard Proenneke, Homer, Jack Kerouac, Lyle Blackburn, and so many more.
What are you working on now?
Currently I’m working on a fantasy novel. I’ve already written it down but I’m in the process of typing it up. This will be the first fantasy novel I’ve ever published. I’ve written other fantasy novels but they are collecting dust in a box.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook and my yahoo address are the best ways of getting in touch with me.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write each and every day. Be nice and have respect for others. Nobody wants to work for a jerk. And lastly: promote, promote, promote, and promote some more.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The best advice I’ve ever heard came from Richard Laymon. I’ve provided a link to the article below.
http://www.horror.org/writetips/writetips-laymon.htm
What are you reading now?
Night Siege
By: Dr J. Allen Hynek (Author), Philip J. Imbrogno (Author), Bob Pratt (Author)
I grew up in the Hudson Valley and find the whole UFO concept very interesting.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I will continue to write and publish books. Hopefully I’ll get more new people interested and not lose any old fans along the way.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
How to Survive on a Desert Island by: Tim O’Shei
The Hobbit by: J.R.R Tolkien
Grape of Wraith by: John Steinbeck
Back To Basics by: Abigail R. Gehring
One Man’s Wilderness by: Richard Pronnekke
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J.A. Angelo is a United State’s Army veteran, loving husband and father. He has worked with children from a variety of cultures and backgrounds teaching them about the importance of family values that will go on to benefit them throughout their life. J.A. and his wife enjoy volunteering within their local school district and are leaders in various non-profit organizations for children. They also donate to various national and local charities supporting children and veterans.
A Trail of Honesty is my first book. I have another book in the works.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
With A Trail of Honesty, I was asked by the pastor if I had a story to share at my dad’s funeral. It took me all morning to write a story that allowed me to share a memory of my dad, but at the same time, allowed me to spread a moral to all of the kids at his funeral – including my own kiddos. During the service, which was an emotional moment for everyone, the story made some adults and all of the children laugh. This was the ultimate goal of my story, not only was I trying to write a story with a moral in memory of my dad I was also trying to lift everyone’s spirits in memory of my pops. He was a practical jokester and loved telling that story to anyone that would listen. After the service, the pastor came up to me and mentioned that my story would make a great children’s picture book. After approximately six years, I decided to make his eulogy a story to share with everyone that buys A Trail of Honesty.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I use a storyboard app for my writing, which allows me to organize my thoughts.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
John Grisham is a local author that I met at a craft fair years ago. I took his inspiration once I decided to publish a portion of my dad’s eulogy.
What are you working on now?
I am working on another children’s book on social issues. This one is on anti-bullying. I have a Kickstarter campaign in hopes of recouping some of my marketing cost to apply to my next book.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I believe book signing events are the best way to market a book. Complete with book merchandise that I give away to kids that show up for my event. I went a step further for my next signing and ordered mouse pads for the parents.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Follow your heart. It will tell you when you are ready.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Never give up!” and “Live and learn!”
What are you reading now?
I am reading Congress and Its Members because I am studying for my Master’s in PoliSci. I hope to make my thesis a book. My topic of choice is national security.
What’s next for you as a writer?
The level of marketing for my next book depends on the success of my Kickstarter campaign. So, please consider donating. You will receive a perk.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Anything by Iris Johansson, Dean Koontz, or John Grisham.
Author Websites and Profiles
J.A. Angelo Website
J.A. Angelo Amazon Profile
J.A. Angelo’s Social Media Links
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I’m a fiction author who writes paranormal romance, full of enchantment, intrigue, action and romance. My writing blends my background in psychology and my experiences travelling the world with a love of magic, fantasy and a happy ending. I’ve published two books in the Energetics Series so far, and the third is on the way.
I also write non-fiction, and recently published a book called ‘This is for you: A Creative Toolkit for Better Self-Care’, under the name Ellen M. Bard.
I’m a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, and continue to work as an international management consultant, which I have done for the last 18 years. I’ve worked in over 20 countries across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, including China, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.
My passion for other lands and cultures helps inform my writing, as does my desire to try new things – from art classes to Krav Maga, the self-defence system.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The second book in the series of The Energetics, Tierra and the Warrior, takes inspiration from everywhere in my life. For example, some of the book is set in Egypt, where I’ve visited both for work and pleasure, and I love the history and sense of place it has. Other key locations in the series (so far!) are Thailand, America and Canada, all locations I know well.
I’ve been a (poor!) student of the self-defence system Krav Maga for a number of years, so the fighting style of Blaize is based on that.
The magic system is based on the Chakras, and I have been a student in yoga for many years, and even attended a yoga school for a year a few years ago where I went more deeply into the philosophy and background. This inspired me to use the Chakras and some of the concepts of yoga in my books.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My writing is done all over the place, and my laptop is critical to make sure I can take everything I need with me wherever I am. When I’m travelling for my consulting work, I could be writing in the evenings in hotel rooms, whilst in Thailand I share an office with my romantic partner, Fox. I bounce a lot of ideas off him. I also write at home, and in cafes. Or waiting for the Doctor, or a friend to meet me for dinner. Basically, anywhere, anytime.
I use two key tools to write – mind maps, which is how I usually begin collecting ideas for a book, and Scrivener, which is the tool I actually write the content in.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
My favourite author in the paranormal romance genre is Illona Andrews. I adore the Hidden Legacy series. Nora Roberts is also very inspiring in the way she is able to write so many quality books in a short time – her output is astonishing. I also enjoy Laurell K Hamilton, Shelly Laurenston and Patricia Briggs. I’m a wide reader, and also enjoy science fiction and fantasy, crime, personal development, and books about writing.
What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on books 3 and 4 of the Energetics Series. Book 3 is in the editing stage, and book 4 is at the initial stage of plotting and outlining. Each of the books has a different hero and heroine, and I can reveal that book 3 is called Nixie and the Healer. Nixie is Blaize, from book 1’s, best friend.
What are you reading now?
I’m quite a voracious reader. I’m currently re-reading The Liar, by Nora Roberts, re-listening to The Truth by Terry Pratchett as an audiobook (it’s such a brilliant audiobook series), reading Shiang (Empire of Salt Book 2) by C.F. Iggulden which is an epic fantasy series. My partner also gave me HP Lovecraft’s The Complete Fiction for Christmas as a beautifully bound physical book, so I am working my way through that each night in bed as it’s too heavy to carry around! I keep track of what I’m reading on Goodreads, so readers can follow me and my reviews there if they’re interested.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I love the world of the energetics, so I’m going to continue in that series, and have 6 books currently planned. I have another paranormal romance series planned for once I’ve finished the Energetics. Then I am looking at a possible follow up to my non-fiction book on self-care for 2020. So I have a few projects planned!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Such a hard question. I’d probably take the Hidden Legacy series by Illona Andrews.
Author Websites and Profiles
Ellen Bard Website
Ellen Bard Amazon Profile
Ellen Bard’s Social Media Links
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I’m on a mission to help as many people as possible be just as good at the whiteboard as they are at the keyboard. In other words, I want to help people bring more drawing into their lives and their work, for better meetings, better problem solving, better creativity and better communication.
How hard can it be, right? Turns out, most people are pretty nervous about drawing, especially in front of others at work. That big blank whiteboard can be pretty threatening for some people! But given the right tips and templates to start with, I’ve seen people and meetings transformed… just by using pictures as well as words.
I’ve been teaching sketching and visual communication for years, and enough people said to me “You should totally write a book!” that I did exactly that: in 2017 I published “Presto Sketching: The Magic of Simple Drawing for Brilliant Product Thinking and Design” (O’Reilly).
I live in Sydney, Australia, where my day job is as a designer and facilitator at Atlassian, a software company.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is ebook only, and it’s called “Draw in 4! Over 100 4-Step Drawings to Boost Your Drawing Confidence”. Last year I went to EuViz conference in Denmark, where I met loads of people like me who drew as part of their jobs. I was so inspired by their drive to make positive change in the world, that I wanted to dedicate my next project to raising funds for a good cause.
I did a (highly informal and unscientific!) poll on Facebook, to ask them what causes and charities they support. The main causes that rose to the top were to do with supporting women and children in developing countries, and the organisation that fit the bill the most from the votes was Plan International.
“Draw in 4!” is available for preorder now at http://drawin4.com, and launches on Monday 4 March, 2019. For the first 3 months, all profits will be donated to Plan International Australia, and I’m hoping the sketching and visual practice communities out there — well, anyone really! — can really get behind this, and support Plan International Australia.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I have a fairly long commute to and from work, so I actually do a lot of writing on the train. In fact, most of Presto Sketching was actually written on the train!
When people read my writing, I really want them to get a sense of what it’s like to be in my classes, so my style is quite conversational. With that in mind, I often read aloud my writing, to test how it flows, and how it connects one idea to the next idea. My kids think I’m completely daft, hearing me rave out loud to myself for hours on end in my study!
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I have a pretty varied reading diet. I’m definitely influenced by Dan Roam and his first book “The Back of the Napkin”; he’s the one who really kick-started using simple drawing as a way of visually explaining and influencing.
I also gravitate to authors with conversational styles, like Jason Fox and his books “The Game Changer” and “How to Lead a Quest”, and authors who can blend theory you can really get your mental teeth into with practical examples, like Scott McCloud and his books, like “Understanding Comics”.
What are you working on now?
I’m in the middle of launching the “Draw in 4!” ebook, and investing a lot of time in trying to promote it as much as possible without being annoying about it.
In my working life as a designer and facilitator, I’m really interested in making cards for teams to use, as a way to help them work better together, generate ideas better, communicate better, and so on. I’ve got a couple of decks of cards I’m in the middle of finishing, and trying to find a good way to publish and distribute them.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Honestly, I’ve no idea! I’m new at this game of book promotion, and promoting anything doesn’t come easily to me. What I DO try to do is to loop people in on the journey that I’m going through, so I post various updates to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram whenever there are moments worth sharing.
Beyond that, I’m always experimenting with ways to spread the word VISUALLY. It’d be pretty ironic if my book promotion methods didn’t include pictures! 
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Start small. You don’t have to start with Your Greatest Novel Of All Time. Start by writing an article on Medium or LinkedIn. Start by writing about one scene that you see in your head, or one character. Keep a scratchpad of ideas, phrases, words, themes, tropes and constructions that tickle your fancy. It doesn’t have to all join up and be complete; just write bits you enjoy.
Understand and embrace that what you write now won’t be awesome, but is the necessary material you have to churn out to make progress toward the awesome stuff.
Oh, and try sketching what you want to write about instead! If you want to communicate a story about a journey, sketch out that journey on a map, including all the features and events along the way. Sketch your characters to help you envision what they look like, behave like, speak like, and so on.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Finish something. Just finish something. Everyone has a book they’ve 50% written, a product they’ve 50% made, a song they’ve 50% composed… Perfect is the enemy of good enough. You learn so much by actually finishing something and putting something out into the world for others to use and give you feedback on.
Any creative endeavour is a conversation. You need to finish the sentence you’re trying to say, for others to hear it and reply, so that you can reply back, and so on.
What are you reading now?
I’ve nearly finished “No Friend But the Mountains”, a frightening read by award-winning journalist Behrouz Boochani, who has been stuck in one of Australia’s offshore asylum seeker detention centres for over five years. He wrote it by text message on a smuggled phone, where it’s now been translated and published. It’s a searing testament to the cruelty of Australia’s policy of indefinite imprisonment of innocent people, simply because they came to Australia by boat.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m going to see if “Draw in 4!” catches on a fun way to get into drawing, and boost drawing confidence. If it goes well, I could easily fill a few more volumes with cool fun things to draw.
If not, I want to invest time in writing a book about *sketching for strategy*. It would extend some of the themes in Presto Sketching, and focus on how to help teams with creativity, strategy and prioritising what to work on.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Oh wow, great question! There’s this book I’ve got called “Your Own Devices”, written by someone in the SAS, I think; it lays out all you need to know to survive in the wild. Eating strange things, setting traps, building shelters, stuff like that.
I’d definitely take a book about how to make a boat out of palm trees (if such a book exists), and how to navigate at sea. But I’d also pack a book of Calvin and Hobbes comics; anything by Bill Watterson is eternally funny and interesting!
Author Websites and Profiles
Ben Crothers Website
Ben Crothers Amazon Profile
Ben Crothers’s Social Media Links
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Hello!
My name is Daniel Horvat and I am the Author and Publisher of New Stories. I was born in Germany in 1976. I was living in Croatia from 1977 to 2016. My nationality is Croatian. From 2016 I live in Ireland. Even as a teenager I loved to draw comic fantasy books following my own fiction. I would do it for hours! I would often look for a retreat in “My own fantasy world”! During education and “finding my place” stage as a young adult, I have to say I got pretty lost “in this world”. I wanted to adjust to the crowd and prove myself “in this world”, so I lost connection with My True World. After completed education I was feeling as something was missing for years. I wasn’t content with myself. I was looking for the answer and fulfilment on the outside, in my surroundings and outer sources. I haven’t found it.
Eventually, I met my present wife and I live with her and have two wonderful sons. Honestly, we haven’t been quite the experts in raising our firstborn, since we had felt that in reality the “raising” doesn’t work. So we started our education to become Experts for “Relations” with children in their early age from 0-6 at the Parenting and Early Development Centre in Croatia. Thanks to this, I see my children as little human beings in their developing process and not as mere objects “in my life”. Afterwards, we continued our education in direction of our own personal growth, where we nurtured the relationship inside, the relationship with oneself and fulfilment within, and not seeking in the environment. Finally, “My True World” reappeared. I was reading picture books from the library to my firstborn nearly every evening during his first four years and in that period my world
re-emerged completely. Once again, I was satisfied with myself and my own life that showed me a purpose. Soon enough, I realized that I truly live and enjoy only when writing! I want to use it to give as many new stories possible to children. I hope to bring joy and happiness with my stories to as many new generations possible on this wonderful planet!
I have two children picture books completed: “A Vegetable Garden Adventure” and “A Little Giant”.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest picture book is “A Little Giant” and it was inspired by a Salvador’s Dali picture “Woman with drawers”.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
No.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Hm…It’s hard to tell. My inspiration comes from other channels. It’s hard to explain. I like fantasy genre very much but again I like some “ordinary life” stuff. I add some humor and make it adventurous and funny. Than I set it to be acceptable for children, to be wittily. Somehow I mix all those things together and create something completely new.
What are you working on now?
I am working on a picture book that is totally imaginary. Nothing is for real and again everything in it is real! It has great story line.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon ads, social media sites, blogs…and more. They are all the best. They must be!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes. Just do what you like the most and some day your going to make it. Don’t give up. When you’re having a hard time go through the wall. Don’t listen to that lazy voice in your head. Let him speak whatever he wants, you just go ahead like you’re on auto pilot. You know what are your goals!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Find what you want to do and who you want to be and just go with it!
What are you reading now?
Nothing at the moment. But last book that I read was J.R.R. Tolkiens “Silmarillion”.
Second time!
What’s next for you as a writer?
To become independent. Quit my current job and create more children picture books. I love that!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1. How to survive on a desert island. (Any Amazon edition)
2. Eckhart Tolle – The Power Of Now
3. Any meditation book
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Fat Loss Unlocked was first introduced by B. Price (2002) “The Science Behind The Muscle”… His methods have since grown worldwide while assisting military members of all branches of service and many others around the globe. Taking a scientific approach toward weight management, Price, B. “The Science Behind The Muscle” v1 (2006) has developed a methodical teaching tool at Fat Loss Unlocked, v3 is the latest edition. The e-Guide is jam-packed with how-to guidance based on scientific facts with regard to cellular biochemistry, how the cells trigger and communicate within the human body. The principles for this internal communication can shift the body into what we know as Ketosis, burning off unwanted body fat while also providing rapid nourishment of nutrient rich BCAA’s (Branched Chain Amino Acids ) to the muscle fibers.
Price’s methods have paved the way for 1000’s around the globe, his program is now available @FatLossUnlocked. The tutorial and sample meal plan (included in E-Guide v3) provide the BEST approach to weight loss and explain all the how-to’s for total weight management. If you are interested in losing weight, burning body fat and feeling great, check out the E-Guide v3
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Fat Loss Unlocked
Helping others achieve their desired weight management results
What are you working on now?
Currently working on an app tutorial to bring Fat Loss Unlocked full scale.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
https://www.fatlossunlocked.com/
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Failure is okay, learn from those failures and never quit.
What are you reading now?
Body Science
What’s next for you as a writer?
Fat Loss Unlocked app production
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I was both born and raised in Burbank, California, and have since lived in the hustle and bustle of it for upwards of twenty years. Currently, I have written, illustrated, and collectively published over eighty titles encompassing both independent works, as well as collaborative projects.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book, “Dear Ravers,” is a twenty-four page satirically humorous bashing of your everyday college/young adult concert dwellers and partygoers, with each page giving further insight on aspects of perceived stupidity, negligence, and bafflement of those mentioned. While initially intended as a parodical observation of a subset of people, use of strong language and adult situations are portrayed to further drive the point home. “Dear Ravers” is a simple book, and is intended more in fact for the standard coffee table than it is for your everyday bookshelf, and is available on most major online retailers and distribution services. The estimated time spent fully drafting, writing, and illustrating the project took upwards of one month, with the majority of time devolving into developing witty statements for specific festival-esque situations.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My writing habits traditionally adopt more sporadic tendencies along with satirical undertones and themes. Often times, descriptive aspects are utilized in order to portray a scene, character, inner monologue, etc. with a sarcastic mood that connects with the audience on a particularly humorous level. This is one of my very own methods of allowing my own true to life mannerisms and dialogue have a spotlight within my own works.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Favorite authors of mine range from the fictional works of Aldous Huxley to satire akin to Mark Twain. Satire and dark humor respectively also happen to be my favorite genres to read, and the aforementioned Mark Twain is among one of my few primary inspirations to dabble within my own satirical perspective.
What are you working on now?
My general strategy is to tackle multiple projects at a time, so as to allow myself ample opportunity to work on one at a time in whichever given time frame of my choosing, as well as to not procrastinate with getting a general workload done. Aside from my illustrative children’s series “The Adventures of Daniel” (Rene Ghazarian, 2015), several other side projects have taken shape, along with a pseudo-prequel to one of my first published literary collections, “Just Desserts.” (Sebastian Schug, 2016)
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Simple social media sharing, as well as acquiring a standalone business website often works well with getting a prominent word out. Besides this example, word of mouth, and cold-calling often yields promising results.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Generally speaking, get started. I see numerous “would-be” authors and artists with amazing potential for both storytelling and visualization alike without either the proper know-how or motivation to simply put pen to paper. It’s understandable if one happens to feel self-doubt about his/her own personal project and/or whether or not people will believe it’s any good, but if there’s another piece of advice I can tack on, it’s to not write for other people. You’re not writing for your friends, peers, or even your most cherished loved ones, deep down, so don’t try to. Art within a published medium shouldn’t be held to the standard at which you arbitrarily give it from an outside opinion.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
As referenced previously, “get started. Art within a published medium shouldn’t be held to the standard at which you arbitrarily give it from any given outside opinion.”
What are you reading now?
Currently, I am reading Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” for what is going to be my fourth time since being introduced to it in my senior year of high school. Truly a dystopian masterpiece rife with elements of scientific satire and statement alike.
What’s next for you as a writer?
What’s next for me as a writer remains more often than not up in the air at the moment. Since my literary gestation in 2015, where I was signed on to my first contract of being not an author, but instead an illustrator for Rene Ghazarian’s “The Adventures of Daniel,” I have since taken the reins into my own direction of recruiting other potential authors, artists, etc. to both develop and center their works under my publishing platform.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
If the “stranded island” trope were to occur at any point within my life, three or four books at my immediate disposal alongside my predicament are to be Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” given that in terms of political influence, she stands atop as one of my all-time favorites. I would then be tempted to take William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” for the sake of temperamental coming of age being an incredibly interesting concept in storytelling. Lastly, Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” would be regarded as my choice of satire.
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My name is Likeleli Kapa and I am a female Fiction and content writer from Maseru Lesotho. I have written three books so far.Two books are self published while one is not.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The name of my latest book is The product of a polygamous set up. I live in Africa and in Africa Polygamy is still practiced but there are very few stories written about polygamy and its repercussions. I wanted people to have an idea of what goes on in a polygamous household.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not reallly.I write daily when I feel inspired to write I just write I don’t have a particular time that I set aside for writing.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I am influenced by mostly African writers.I grew up reading Chinua Achebe’s books, Ngugi was Thiongo, Thomas Mofolo and Francis Selormey just to mention a few.
What are you working on now?
I am currently writing a novel about a girl from Iraq and this girl found herself being separated with her family due to political riots. She and her brother end up at a refuge camp and that is where they met many challenges and all was gloomy with no hope for a better future.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The best method for promoting my books is through social media.Facebook,LinkedIn and Twitter.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice to new authors is that writing and promoting books takes time and they will not be successful overnight. They must be very patient in order to make it it this business.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Writing is a business not a hobby and must be treated as such.Once you decide to get your book published it becomes a business.
What are you reading now?
I am reading The Narrow Path by Francis Selormey and this is not my first time to read it..I enjoy this book so much.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Well this year 2019 I plan to write three books one motivation book and two Novels..so it is hard work all the way for me.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1.My bible
2.The Narrow path
3. Mind Power
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Dave is a very concerned about free speech and privacy on the Internet.
You may say he is a witness: first, the Internet became the voice of the voiceless; then, it became the realm of policies – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on.
He is not just a witness, as he has been using all those tools from the very beginning. There is nothing better than doing this to learn – and to get your message through, notwithstanding those tools’ ever-changing policies.
Dave is an engineer and he has been managing websites and social media profiles/pages/groups for many years. Besides, he speaks four languages.
He has lived and worked in many countries, all the while experimenting on the Internet.
He has written his first book and he is writing other two books.
Dave has been writing articles on geopolitics for many years.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Social media magic: 162 tips on how to become an influencer.
I was inspired by my own experience with social media and the Internet.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write while traveling.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I just took my pen and began writing. I like reading a lot, but I was influenced by no one – not for the Internet and social media series.
What are you working on now?
Two books of the Internet and social media series:
1) A book on SEO
2) A book on how to protect your privacy while online.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
This is the first time, I am experimenting.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write about what you know and care for.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
First write it down, then make it beautiful.
What are you reading now?
A book on industrial cyber security.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I like writing. Once finished with my other two books of the Internet and social media series, I would like to write a book on geopolitics.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Some good books on strategy I have not read yet.
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In 2012 I was the recipient of the Grand Prize Award for my short story, The Agency, at Hubpages Patron of the Arts Contest. Since that time, I have written a dozen stories and one novel. This collection of short stories stories are science fiction, paranormal, thriller suspense, and just plain weird.
As an indie-author, my one novel, The Attic Piranhas was published at Amazon. But I recently lumped all of my paranormal short stories into one book, Road Games and Other Weird Tales. I’m currently working on two novels, one is a techno thriller titled, New Flesh on Old Bones. The other is Search for the Hercules. It’s time travel and takes place during the Civil War, but I promise you that this isn’t the run-of-the-mill TT book. My future plans are to keep writing, work harder, get better at the craft, continue to make contacts with people in the business of writing.
Before perfecting the art of pecking away at the keyboard with two fingers, I worked in the corporate world, but decided to leave and do what I was meant to do. I’ve been broke and eating Ramen Noodles ever since (yuck to both), but it’s been worth it.
I’ve been a longtime fan of Hitchcock films and just about any thriller suspense novel that I can get my hands on. I like the feel of a book in my hands and the smell of the pages. Not to mention black and white sci-fi films from the ’50s. Yep. I’m old school. As a matter of fact, all the stories I’ve written are entirely in black and white.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Ravenwood Stepson of Mystery in Trumpet of Triton. Let’s see, I love pulp fiction, black and white science fiction movies–50s vintage, old horror movies, fantasy, and Hitchcock. That would do it.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Everything that I do is unusual. I also write interviews without sometimes running it by my editor–my wife. So, if you find any errors please disregard them. It’s early in the morning, and she’s still sleeping. You understand, don’t you?
What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are a lot, but one of my favorite authors is Alfred Bester. He didn’t write many books, but his first one, The Demolished Man won the first Hugo Award. It’s timeless (I know, I’m suppose to use the term evergreen).
What are you working on now?
Ideas are always flowing, but my next move is to complete Search for the Hercules and New Flesh on Old Bones
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Marketing is new for me.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing. I bet that you heard that one before. But it’s the cornerstone of becoming a great author. You must keep honing your skills and constantly battle those little demons inside your head that are chanting, “Loser.”
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Start the first paragraph of you book with a bang. The reader quickly decides if he/she is interested. If you’re a new author on the market don’t dally with slow prose.
What are you reading now?
I’m reading new classic pulp fiction by an indie author. There are so many talented writers out there.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Who knows.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would bring only one. Skeleton Crew by Stephen King. It contains the short story, Survivor Type. A must read for anyone stranded alone on a deserted island.
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I am a writer of fantasy and weird fiction. The usual tale of a long term fan who read one too many bad books and thought i can do better than this!…..so i did.
Covenant Keep is everything i wanted to read in a fantasy book but couldn’t find.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Covenant Keep is the result of a steady accumulation of ideas that i gathered over the years. eventually the weight grew too much and i just had to write it. It is the book that i wanted to read as a fantasy fan but couldn’t find. I was sick of reading endless cycles, trilogies and sags that never went anywhere. Of buying books 2,3,4,5 etc and each one doing nothing but setting up the next. So I decided from the outset that i would write a stand alone novel. That’s not to say I don’t have ideas for future books but they will be stand alones but set in the same city.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to write really early in the morning. I find being that close to the dream state helps immensely. Also its nice to have a couple of thousand words done before breakfast.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many! China Mieville really inspired me to push the boat out when it came to my stories. That I didn’t have to rely on the same tried cliches. Raymond Feist as well for taking me on so many adventures when i was a boy 
What are you working on now?
A book called Inkubus and Bilge. It’s an adventure story set in a totally new world. Its more light hearted than Covenant Keep and will be lots of fun!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
When I find one I’ll tell you.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what you would want to read. If you’re not exciting yourself then whats the point?
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Get words on the page! I started out doing NaNoWriMo and that way of freeing yourself from your inner editor works wonders. Learning to accept that your first draft will be shit but then you will have something to mould. and improve.
What are you reading now?
Mage’s Blood by David Hair
What’s next for you as a writer?
Trying to learn the dark art of self promotion.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1. Magician by Raymond Feist
2. The Dice Man by Luke Reinhardt
3. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
4. How to survive on a Desert Island by Chuck Noland
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Have had a number of short stories published over the years, and now have two books published under my own name. There are two more books to go in the Between States series and I have an anthropomorphic novel due out this year, plus a serialized anthro novel in progress.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Between States 2 (Into a Darker Place)
This is the second book in the Between States shapeshifter series
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not a writer who starts at the beginning and finishes with ‘The End’. My writing style is scattergun, I write sections as they come into my head. The rest I leave up to the characters, I’m there simply to document their stories.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Dean Koontz, Neil Gaiman, Michael Scott,
What are you working on now?
Right now? The third book in the Between States series and editing an anthropomorphic novel.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m not sure I have a best method.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write what you want and write for yourself!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
What are you reading now?
The Edinburgh Dead, by Brian Ruckley
What’s next for you as a writer?
Doing more of what I love … Writing!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Good Omens and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
The Face by Dean Koontz
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I’ve only published one book thus far, but I’ve got a few more on the way.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Done! Finish Your Creative Project in One Month
I’ve noticed both in my own life and in others how easy it is for unfinished projects to stack up, especially creative ones. This is my solution to that problem. You can find it on Amazon here:
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I prefer to write just after getting up or right before bed. I try to at least get in half an hour of writing every day and just be content with what I’ve been able to accomplish.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Authors: Orson Scott Card, C. S. Lewis, Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, K. M. Weiland
Books: The Slight Edge, The War of Art, Create v.s Copy, The Wingfeather Saga, and books by the above authors
What are you working on now?
I have a larger nonfiction book about creativity, purpose, and how story connects the two.
I have a short sci-fi story that I’m looking to get published as well as a sci-fi novel that’s in its last revision stage before I look for a publisher.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still learning that myself, though it seems like building an email list and offering a sign-up incentive is always a good idea.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Keep writing, it gets better. Also, write because you love to write, it’s the only way to keep yourself writing.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Do just a little bit of what you’re supposed to every day and you’ll reap benefits in the long run.
What are you reading now?
Hard Luck Hank
What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan to continue writing nonfiction books about creativity as well as start a series of short stories about an inter-universal trucker (obviously fiction).
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
If there’s some kind of digital book that could connect to the internet even on a desert island, I’d take that. Also, why must it be a desert and not a tropical island?
Anyhow, I’d probably take the Bible and then the next 4 biggest books I could find (like War and Peace or a Dictionary), all that paper might prove useful!
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I am a full-time athletic trainer with a passion for reading and writing novels. I am a huge nerd, my two favorite pastimes being playing Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons! I have written two books so far, the second about to be published this Spring.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The latest book will be titled Metamorphs 2: Ripple Effect, and it was inspired by…who knows, to be honest! My ideas seem to spring out from the blue half the time!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to listen to music before I get into my writing in order to set the mood.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Brandon Sanderson and Jim Butcher are my heroes. I’ll read anything by those two. The Mistborn Trilogy and Dresden Files are huge influences.
What are you working on now?
Currently working on polishing off Metamorphs 2!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Amazon has been my main source of promotion although I’m starting to branch out and explore more options.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Finish your book. Seriously. Find time, however you need to. Sit down, focus, and stop procrastinating.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
What are you reading now?
I am currently reading “Firefight” by Brandon Sanderson
What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan on completing the Metamorph series this year, releasing all four books by December.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Mistborn
Lord of the Rings
Ender’s Game
Harry Potter
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I’m a sci-fi and fantasy author with three novels under my belt, a few short stories and dozens of blogs. Writing has been a passion of mine all my life and it is my hope to continue being a scribe for many years to come.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is Kinghood. It was inspired by the multitude of medieval-inspired tales I heard growing up, from King Arthur to Robin Hood, and then later on in life, The Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire series. Plus, as an amateur history buff, it has always been my dream to write a fantasy series based on the Middle Ages. Kinghood marks the first of six books in my epic fantasy series, The Fourpointe Chronicles, which I intend to complete to make that longstanding dream of mine a reality.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes, probably too many to name them all but I’ll list a few. I write battle scenes while listening to Metallica and Disturbed. I write love scenes while listening to classical music. I write all other scenes in complete silence whenever possible. Oh, and as a Toastmaster (that is, an amateur public speaker), I incorporate lines or excerpts from my works-in-progress into my speeches.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Again, too many to name, but I’ll note two. The first was Ernest Hemingway. When I first read For Whom The Bell Tolls I fell in love with literature. It’s not his best work, but as a shy, young man when I read his book . . . there was something about the story and the language used by Hemingway to tell his narrative that has managed to stick with me all these years. The second was George R.R. Martin. After reading A Game of Thrones, I thought to myself, “I can do this. I can write a book.” So I’ve been putting my best foot forward on that effort ever since.
What are you working on now?
Right now I’m working on Book Two of The Fourpointe Chronicles, Peacefall. It picks up where Kinghood left off, with the quadruplets now running the kingdom of Marland as they prepare for their royal wedding. But, chaos ensues and, well . . . I’ll leave the rest to your imagination for the time being.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still trying to figure that out. So far, I’ve had the best luck with promoting my books by running free giveaways on Amazon and promoting them via Twitter. Depending on the book I’m giving away or the day I’m promoting, I usually garner anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred downloads. While they’re free, I still count each new reader as a win.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
My advice is to play the long game when it comes to writing. I’m not against authors striving to attain success sooner rather than later, but the fact is that the bulk of us will take years to accumulate the readership we desire. Writers, try to enjoy the process of honing your craft as much as possible and cherish every reader willing to give you his or her time. When you look back, you don’t want to reflect on any time you spent writing as being of stress or strain. Embrace all those hours and days and weeks of self-education and discovery.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
A TA I had in college was once lecturing our small group on what a thesis is. He said, “The point of a thesis is that somebody, somewhere, takes a look at it and says, ‘This is b.s.'” That stuck with me over the years, for as writers craft their voices, they have to live with the fact that great writing may mean not appealing to many but a few.
What are you reading now?
I’m reading Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance, his sequel to The Way of Kings. I’m loving every word of it.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I intend to finish the rest of the books in the series I started with Kinghood. My hope is to also release the audio version of Kinghood within the next few months and beyond that, consider other franchise mediums (i.e. a streaming series) for my work.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I would take The Bible, Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, and Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace (hey, I’m on a desert island, so I figure I’d finally have time to read it).
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I’m Claudia, an Italian-Venezuelan cooking, eating and dancing in Rome.
I love with veggies, suitcases, airports, hats, Christmas & books.
I live in Italy since I was 8 and after a long career in Human Resources, I decided it was time for a change. So I followed my passions. I founded an Italian food blog, the Gourmet Project a few years ago, to write down all I knew about Italian food and cuisine, and most of all, everything I was learning, constantly, on the way.
After a while I decided it was time to go a little deeper and give my readers something more, something they could literally take home, handle, and keep in their kitchen for consultation and inspiration, so I published an indie magazine: the Gourmet Mag.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Modena Issue of the Gourmet Mag, I was there last Winter and I loved every minute!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I stop writing and begin dancing every time I hear a song I like.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Isabel Allende, Paulo Coelho, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Italo Calvino, Italo Svevo
What are you working on now?
The Palermo Issue of the Gourmet Mag!
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
still working on that!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
be yourself, always
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
do what makes you happy
What are you reading now?
De Masi is an Italian sociologist, I’m reading a book/interview so interesting it keeps me away from everything else for hours. Plus, it forces me to think of the present, the past, the future!
What’s next for you as a writer?
a book about my extravagant family
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Gone with the Wind, The House of the Spirits, Zeno’s Conscience, The Baron in the Trees
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 Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written one full length book. This book has been a culmination of the personal growth journey that I have been on for many years. I have always loved writing and have written many blog posts, poems and songs throughout my life. I plan to write many more as I have really enjoyed the process of digging deep and feel I have learned a lot about myself and life in the process.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
GET CALM, STAY CALM: How I Said Goodbye to Anxiety, Self-Loathing and Depression and Now Grow in Success, Happiness, Joy, Love and Fulfilment…Every Day… and How You Can Too
It’s inspired by my journey from deep unhappiness in myself… all the learning that I have received and practised over the years… to where I am today, very happy in my life and living with lots of love, creativity and gratitude in my everyday.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I sit and clear my mind through breathing exercises and meditation and then ideas start to flow. I only write when inspiration strikes (so can often be found out with my dog, children or friends when I get a great idea and have to capture it before it slips away). I often just brainstorm chapter titles and let my sub-conscious mind create the content around the titles later whilst I’m not consciously focusing on them.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Thich Nhat Hahn, Eckhart Tolle, Lao Tzu, Bob Proctor, Wayne Dyer, Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Marshall Rosenberg, Neale Donald Walsch, Gregg Braden, Paul McKenna, Dr. Steve G. Jones, Steve Pavlina, Robin Sharma, The Buddha, Osho, Jeff Goins, Matt Hogan, Michael Grant White, Matt Stone, Dr. Carolyn Dean.
I love writers who can dig deep into themselves and the world around them to articulate the truths of reality in a simple and profound way. These messages resonate deeply in our inner-self, to show us the way to love, creativity and peace.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on clearing my mind from the writing of my current book (which has been all-encompassing for months) to make space for new ideas to arise and be received in my awareness via the universal creativity we all share.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
The method I use is to to repeatedly deliver great free content to help people. Finding and growing that community of people who resonate with my work so that when a book is released they’re happy to support its progress via buying, reviewing and sharing. Amazon is a massive marketplace giving access to millions of potential new readers and people can trust the buying experience and know you’re a professional author. There’s no tricks, the universe rewards the hard work you put in.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Decide you want to be a writer and decide you’ll continue to be a writer whatever happens. Set that intention. Switch your conscious mind off through relaxation fun and meditation. Let ideas come through your ‘unbusy’ mind. Write every day. Dig deep. Take risks in digging deep and exposing your true self to the world. Be vulnerable. By doing that you’re different from all the others and you don’t need to compete with anyone. Keep at it, times will get really hard. You’ll want to quit. You’ll get fearful. Keep at it. Learn and hone your craft. KEEP AT IT!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
There’s no way to peace – peace is the way.
You can replace ‘peace’ with any word you choose e.g. happiness, success, love, freedom.
This is the revelation that we have conscious choice, to live the life we want to live, in each moment.
What are you reading now?
Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert
What’s next for you as a writer?
Helping others to love themselves and the world more.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Peace is Every Step – Thich Nhat Hahn
The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – J.R.R. Tolkien
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David Furnevall Website
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 Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
My full name is Shekwolo Israel Dogo (hence the pen name S.I. Dogo). I live in Nigeria; for now (lol). I’ve always been gifted in the Arts, even though I’m a scientist. I don’t like talking too formal (even though I come across as such sometimes), and this is evident in my books. I try to make them as down to earth and informal as is appropriate.
At the moment, I’ve published one book.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Chronicles of Slyfar Blaze (Series Book One: Origins). Yeah, that’s the name of my latest book. I’ve been working on the series ever since I became a senior at high school.
As for inspiration, I’d say, it came mostly from watching movies, reading books and most importantly, a burning desire to create a world of my own where I could invite others into.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yeah sure, every writer has one of those. Take me for instance. I find it hard to write at noontime, hence I almost always write when everyone else is asleep. I also listen/watch “legendary/Epic” soundtracks/trailers whenever I’m writing fantasy books. I guess it helps me get “in the mood.”
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Growing up, I always loved to watch Harry Potter and often at times I would sit around and ask myself, “How did the movie makers get the idea for such a movie.” When I discovered the lady behind it (J.K. Rowling), I guess I simply wanted to become her. Not in entirety but, you get my point.
What are you working on now?
Well, right now, I’m working on two books; one of them being the next in the Chronicles of Slyfar Blaze Book Series. The other is a non-fiction book on family health. The working title is “Family Square”.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
(Lol) For now, I’m still trying to find the answer to that question. But for now, I think Amazon marketing tools for authors are pretty cool.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yeah, I do. Read the articles on becoming a writer by Hugh C. Howey, available on Amazon Author Insights. Thank me later!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“In all things moderation; with the exception of study.” The advice was given to a fictional character in a certain novel I read (which was written by Sarah Ladipo Manyika).
What are you reading now?
Eye of Truth (Agents of the Crown Book 1) by Lindsay Buroker
What’s next for you as a writer?
That’s the life. There’s no end to being a writer. It’s like asking a Med. Doctor, what’s next! We writers, true writers, can’t imagine a life without writing. (Well, we very much can, we just wouldn’t choose the latter!)
Now, taking up your question from another angle, I would very much love my books to be adapted into movies and video games in the near future.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
. ‘A killer Smile’ by Laura Kenner
. ‘The Last Days at Forcados High School’ by A.H. Mohammed
. ‘The Eyes of the Dragon’ by Stephen King
. ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift
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 Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
So far I’ve only written one but the response has been amazing. I’m into my second now and hoping to release it some time in 2019.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
It’s called “Screwed – A prison story” and it was inspired after a 4 year stint working within one of Australia’s prisons. There were some tough times there and I knew I had a story that I needed to tell. I needed it out of me.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Nothing too unusual. I like to write with music on – nothing with too many vocals in it though which tends to be distracting. Also I find if I can write first thing in the morning the entire day tends to go better.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many. I like reading about the craft of writing and probably the two that have resonated most with me so far are Stephen Kings – On writing and Revision and Self editing by James Scott Bell. Also to get through writers block the 3a.m epiphany.
I also love books that explore human nature and what we do to each other. My all time favourite is probably George Orwells 1984. Audux Huxley’s Brave new World is up there too though. I like to read broadly though and love reading things from all different genres.
What are you working on now?
A new novel called Mingalo Stories which follows on from my current novel but from the perspective of the prisoner. While I was working there I came across so many unique and interesting stories as well as a few sad and depressing ones. I would like to show what the world of a minimum security prison is like for the prisoner as well.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m still trying to work all of that out.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I don’t feel overly qualified to be giving advice. I think all writers are a work in progress and I myself am squarely in that camp.
If you can read a lot and create a healthy writing habit with a set number of words a day then I think that’s a great start. You’re going to need to take some risks and put yourself out there. Also, enjoy it and have fun with the craft where you can. Appreciate others who do it well and as independent authors, let’s all support each other.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I think the best advice I’ve heard is actually a mindset. Having a growth mindset which enables you to acknowledge that you are not perfect at something but willing to work to get better and able to get better, enables us to take more risks and care less. I think it goes for things other than writing too.
What are you reading now?
Margret Atwood – The heart goes last. Absolutely loving it!
What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to produce more thought provoking books, build a following and support my family doing what I love.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
One would probably be “stig of the dump’ which was a childhood favourite. Then I’d need a non-fiction survival book so that I didn’t starve while stranded and the last one would be Bryce Courtney’s Thomo and Hawk – While it’s not in my favourites list, I’d really enjoy it on a deserted island and it is a fantastic book.
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I’m a Macon, GA native, now residing in New York City. Outside of writing, I’m a print model and actress.
I’ve released two books, Rushing to Distraction and Wrong Vengeance; both from my current book series, the Heartbreak Diaries.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest release, Wrong Vengeance is inspired by looking deep within myself and how I’ve allowed the transference of pain negatively affect present and future relationships. The story goes deep into what happens when rooted pain cause by another loved one, isn’t properly healed.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I talk to my self, acting out each dialogue between characters. This helps me in the descriptive writing segment of telling the story.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
-Eric Jerome Dickey
-“Suddenly Single” by Shana Burton
-“Do You Take This Woman?” by RM Johnson
What are you working on now?
Currently I’m working on the third release from the series, “Devastation or Destiny???” it talks about “The Settled Heart”, dealing with choosing love over the life you want and how a left turn could possible work out for your good.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook. I get a chance to promote to friends and family along with joining groups, reaching communities of book lovers all over the globe.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just write. Don’t think about when you’re going to finish or how. Just write.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Make the numbers look sexy.” That comes into play when you’re negotiating business
What are you reading now?
Currently, I’m reading my own book(s) as I’m in the editing/re-writing process for upcoming releases.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Releasing “Devastation or Destiny???” this Spring then I’m off to connect personally with book lovers, in attending events and book fairs this Summer.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Success Through Stillness, by Chris Morrow and Russell Simmons
Suddenly Single by Shana Burton
The Bible
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Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Eleven. I love being expressive, stream-of-conscious-cum-Woolfy/Joycy and the art of free writing. I specifically composed and published my last anthology with constraint of 10-sentences each to force myself to tone down and sort of put a leash, if not a control, on myself.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Bellboy, the Clown and the Ziggurat: And a selection of short stories
I actually printed out 100 sheets akin to classroom style of grade school where I created a box for plot, a title space, 10 underlines, some chosen adjectives and a plot-twist last sentence to literally write by numbers going back to primitive age of naivety and simplicity.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Yes. I down ounce of pre-workout stimulant with cannabis and just kill it. But I only write when on mood and not per some ritual or discipline. I am extremely free-versed, stream-of-consciousy as well as Kipling’s Kim/Shakespearean/Dickensian vibe of creating-a’words <– like this one. I usually conceive the idea while driving and if the gears set in and mood is right I pounce on my keyboard. I don’t write without muse and hardly edit. My creation is sparse.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Orwell’s Burmese Days, Shakespeare, Dickens, Joyce, Nabokov, Ginsberg, TS Elliot, Pynchon (slightly), Kipling and yes Dickens. Dumas’ Count of Monte Cristo as well as Sherlock Holmes.
Finally, just the act of reading Oxford English Dictionary and wizardry of word play from Eminem or underground rhymeschemers compels me to just gush out and pound on keyboard.
What are you working on now?
Memorizing a book verbatim to have control over what I read so as to blast through an entire library shelf at one sitting.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Awesome Gang and lists upon Googling.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Break all the rules. Write for yourself and yourself ONLY about the books YOU want to read. Nothing is writ in stone. Be your own boss, critic and fan and NEVER COMPROMISE.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I read a list of rejected authors compiled in a blog and most advised on being bold, courageous, and authentic and listen to your gut and voice.
What are you reading now?
Bleak House
What’s next for you as a writer?
I still like to compose my magnum opus something like Bleak House. I also want to memorize the dictionary to have full control and just take it slow rather than overnight succession.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Count of Monte Cristo
Bleak House
Any Kerouac
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Hey there! I’m Ian Snow, and it’s my sincere hope my collections of steamy short stories and novellas are the ones you have to hide away, all red-faced and a little out of breath. I write erotica and erotic romance novels, with the aim of melding scenes I find hot with the good feelings of romance. While I’ve begun experimenting a bit with my endings, I do generally tend to like HEAs and happiness in general, and try to spread the notion that sex should be a joyous, exploratory affair for everyone involved. If that sounds like something you’re into, awesome! Give one of my collections a shot. Each one (with the exception of Bites) is novel length. I don’t mean novella, or a short novel – I mean they’re pretty good-sized, averaging somewhere around 95k or so per collection. Here’s a quick rundown of what you’ll find in each:
Delectable Fancies – My first attempt at erotica, this one features a wide variety of shorter stories and a lengthy pair of novellas. This includes stories about a wife finding out from her ridiculously handsome (isn’t that always the case?) husband’s best friend that her significant other has been cheating on her; a kindly hypnotherapist looking to help a woman down on her luck in relationships and at work; a playful take on the billionaire trope; a smoking hot story about a community college professor who decides to treat her students (all of whom are over 19) for getting better grades; and the capstone of the collection, a lengthy, raunchy novella about a road trip between a guy, his gorgeous roommate, and her best friend.
Neighbors – The most serious minded of the novellas and the one probably of most interest to fans of erotic romances, Neighbors focuses on two lengthy novellas. The first is about a thirty-year old programmer who realizes she is developing deep feelings for the young college-aged student returning home for the summer next door. The next novella is my personal favorite of all my work. It’s called Coming Home, and it’s about a disgraced actor, universally vilified, who returns to his hometown to lick his wounds and heal. His beautiful next-door-neighbor isn’t his biggest fan until her adorable daughter strikes up an easy friendship with the actor. A story as much about redemption as it is love, it’s a lengthy character piece with some really hot scenes.
The Wives – Two novellas and a short story comprise this fun romp. The first novella features a couple working on discovering new ways to love one another after a sexual rut. When a friend of the wife needs to crash somewhere for a few weeks, they both find themselves facing down their attraction for their houseguest, and the truth about their feelings may either break their delicate marriage – or bring them even closer together. The second story is much shorter, and is a playful take on the “stranger on a train” trope. And the third, another favorite of mine, features a woman on the mend years after a man she still is deeply attracted to walked out of their life together. She protects herself by only dating men for two weeks, but when she meets an affable barista, her rules just might need to change.
Bites – An introduction of sorts to my writing, Bites is about half the length of my other collections. A fast-paced, smoking hot story about bank robbers on the run opens this one up, with an intense lovemaking scene that’ll hopefully leave you sweating. That’s followed by another short story about a happily wedded couple who find out their gorgeous new neighbors are camgirls – and they’re very interested in showing off what they’ve got. The collection is capped off by a sweet novella about a young baker given an opportunity to run her own store. She’s found a lot of happiness, but has a chance for even more when Javier, a young executive, comes into her shop and can’t get the beautiful baker out of his every waking thought. Culminating in a sticky, sweet foodplay scene, this one was a lot of fun to write.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Bites is my latest collection of erotica, and it’s inspired largely by a lot of the things I find sexy or fun. If it isn’t interesting to me, odds are, it’s probably not going to be interesting to my readers.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not anything really out of the ordinary, no. I won’t do things that irritate me as a reader, so you won’t find a lot of fluff or repeated stories across my collections. I like a cup of plain black tea, a quiet house, and a good clacky keyboard. Beyond that, I pretty much just write.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
A lot of Literotica stories throughout the years have been my primary influences in terms of erotica. In terms of romance, I tend to like quirky, smart novels – Alice Clayton’s Wallbangers or Tom Ellen’s A Totally Awkward Love Story, for example.
What are you working on now?
Right now, I’ve got two ideas for themed collections. The one I’m working on currently focuses around lingerie in some manner. It’s a lot of fun and I really like the first female lead. The second collection I’ve begun notes on will feature a return to the community college featured in Delectable Fancies, as I really want to explore the extremely sexy (to me, at least) idea of professors male and female alike exploring taboo relations with students with an eye towards helping improve their lives. It would be utterly insane in real life, of course, but hey, it’s fantasy.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I like my Facebook page for that – shameless plug, but you can find me there at www.facebook.com/writeriansnow
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Network, network, network. Everybody will tell you to write and write some more, and yeah, that’s obvious. You’ve gotta have a book to push. But the people you connect with will be your biggest assets after you publish. And be sure to actually converse with them. Don’t turn it solely into a means of advertising your own products, because no one likes that. Join relevant discussions on Goodreads. Follow writers in your genre on Facebook and Twitter. Get to conventions, book readings, and book signings. Shake hands, be happy, talk talk talk.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write for yourself, first and foremost. It sounds cynical, but odds are a writer probably won’t see success, so there has to be a foundation there of writing things you’d enjoy simply because you like writing them. If success happens on top of that? Awesome! If it doesn’t, hey, you’ve at least got a fun hobby that potentially makes you a few bucks here and there.
What are you reading now?
Everything. I’m going through a big suspense novel kick, so a lot of Craig Johnson and Janet Evanovich. In order to better my craft, I’ve also been going through erotic romance writers by the dozen, seems like. Currently reading some Rachel van Dyken.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I plan on keeping up with these collections, but I’d like to pursue some longer-form erotic romance novellas, perhaps in a series.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Stand is a must. Patrick Rothfuss, maybe, or Tad Williams. And maybe something I’ve never read before, something ridiculously long and difficult like War and Peace. At the very least it’d make for a great lifeboat.
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